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Chris Cornell memorial held across Seattle including the Sound Garden

After the passing of Chris Cornell, people from his birthplace in Seattle built a memorial in his honor at A Sound Garden, the musical sculpture park where the band obtained its name. The popular location overlooks Lake Washington and there are huge pipe structures made out of steel which creates musical tones whenever the wind blows through them. Fans gathered at this location all day yesterday (18), leaving flowers and memorabilia to honor the late icon.

Additional places scattered across Seattle held memorials and tributes in his honor including the city’s Space Needle going dark from 9-10 PM last night. Other locations include The Museum of Pop Culture which held a moment of silence, the local radio station KEXP played songs by Cornell all day long and held a public memorial service. Seattle Mariners paid a tribute as well to Cornell, prior to defeating the White Sox at last night’s game.

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On September 24th, Vicky Cornell will receive a human rights award from LA Chefs for Human Rights at a fundraising dinner. His award will be for “The Promise,” the song he wrote for the film of the same name about the Armenian Genocide. You can read more about that here.

Metallica’s final WorldWired North American show date will be tonight (16) in Edmonton, Alberta. They’ll be streaming it tonight at 8:45 Mountain (10:45p EST / 9:45p CST / 7:45p PST) via webcast.livemetallica.com and their YouTube channel.

This year’s Alternative Press Music Awards, their fourth annual, will be hosted by Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack. If you, like, want to see him talk about how he’s going to be talking, you can do that here. The awards will take place on July 17th in Cleveland.

Want to see Tool play their first New York show in over a decade, but don’t want to shell out $300 for the likes of CHance the Rapper and Wi Tang Clan? You’re in luck, as single-day passes go on sale at Noon. Find that info here.